V. I. Lenin

Introduction of One-Man Management in Lieu of Board Management in Centrotextil

Draft Decision for the Council of People’s Commissars{1}

Written:Written September 4, 1919Published:First published in 1945 inLenin Miscellany XXXV.

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      2nd English Edition,

      Progress Publishers,1971,

      Moscow,Volume 42,

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1)The S.E.C. to be instructed to gradually reduce the number of Board
members, and in particular to study the experience of one-man management
either by Communists or by specialists with Communist commissars attached
to them.

2)Side by side with Board discussion and decision, steps to be taken
to gradually introduce personal responsibility for the performance of both
definite kinds of work and separate operations.

3)The S.E.C. and other commissariats having industrial enterprises to
report within 2 months on theactualfulfilment of these tasks
(especially as regards the number of workers who are being taught practical
management and their record of experience in this connection).

{1}The Draft decission was adopted by the C.P.C. at its meeting of
September 4, 1919.